Hi I am new to this list this might be stupid but it would be nice if you could answer . I am a newbie to linux since when i installed linux my sound card though get's detected but doesnt work I guess it is not supportd by linux Using setup command or sndconfig whenever I try to install it the system gives me the message unknown device unknown device not supported or something like that it would be nice if any one can say me where it's driver can be found It's a PCI Sound Card QS3000A I had another problem though the machine ( linux ) is quite stable but at times it hangs at gives the error messages hda:status timeout : status =0*80 {busy} hda : drive not ready for command end-request = I/O error , dev 03:07(dha) sector,175465 hda:status timeout : status =0*80 {busy} ....................and it keeps on coming like that After this I have to press the reset button and then when booting again I have to login as root and run fsck and stuffs like that and I have content's in my lost+found drive ( Just wanted to know can i delete this thing in lost+found and free hard disk space or does it prove fatal ) and i don't like doing it ;-( I guess it's a hardware fault PLEASE ADVICE thanking you in advance mohan mail me at -->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.